Subscribers & Afternoon Contributors

Please Note : We remain open to new subscribers at any time. Please contact the organiser, Sue Boyle, if you would like to join the group.

Here is the list of the people who are currently contributing actively to the group. Most of them have Personal Pages elsewhere on the blog. Click their names to navigate to those. Names in black have not yet provided material for a Personal Page, but are much cherished all the same and we live in hope.

ALI BACON

VERONA BASS

AMA BOLTON

EILEEN CAMERON

CLAIRE COLEMAN

ANN CULLIS

MARILYN FRANCIS

PENNY GARDINER

LOUISE GREEN

MARGARET HEATH

NIKKI KENNA

MIRANDA PENDER

ANN PRESTON

PETER REASON

GRAEME RYAN

SUE SIMS

JUNE WENTLAND

CONOR WHELAN

JUDE & FLORY WISDOM

SUBSCRIBERS’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEETUPS 2018 & 2019

VERONA BASS Workshops March, May ( extra ), July (extra), November, January. Read at the 14th July Bradford Homeric Afternoon and on 28th July, including own pamphlet launch. Contributed to Post about 28th July. Sent in lots of suggestions and booklist for Writingthe Wilderness 6th October. Will be reading in Letters set on 24th November. Sent in submission for the concert on 24 nov. Audience for Voices 31 Oct. Can’t do tech but has offered to manage teas. Contributed to November Workshop Critiques.

AMA BOLTON Workshops May, July, October. Pass on a Poet (W.S.Merwin) 19th May. Instigated meetup based on Emily Wilson’s new translation of the Odyssey. Presented own pamphlet Warp and read in classical Greek on 28th July. Contributed to Post about 28th July. Wrote for Home set on 6th October and sent in suggestions for Writing the Wilderness. Reading 6th October in Home set and Writing the Wilderness. Will be reading in Letters set on 24th November. Sent in prose preferences October. Sent in suggestions for concert 24th November. Sent in prose passage of her own which was in the top four chosen by the workshop in October and will be used in the workshop on November 24th. Can’t do tech.

CLAIRE COLEMAN Workshops July, November, January. Read in Bradford Homeric Afternoon on 14th July and on 28th July including own poem from The Listening Walk. Contributed to Post about 28th July. Sent in own poem for concert on 24 November. Read in Realms of Gold concert.

MARGARET HEATH Introduced and read three poems by George Mackay Brown in the Pass on a Poet session on 19th May. Read from That Night at Troy by George Mackay Brown on 28th July and also introduced one of the afternoon sets. Contributed to Post about meetup 28th July. Wrote for the Home set 6th October and also contributed to Writing the Wilderness. Reading 6th October in Home set and Writing the Wilderness. Sent in additional Wilderness contribution for the blog , and perhaps to use on 24th November.

NIKKI KENNA Workshops March, October, November Introduction to Patrick Kavanagh poems ( with Sue Boyle) 24th March. Chairing panel October 6th and reading in Writing the Wilderness. Sent in Karen Blixen passage selected as favourite in October for use in the November workshop. Has offered to be a reader on 24th November. Will be compering and reading in Realms of Gold. Sent in own work for the November project but has not so far sent in any critiques. ( 9 december) Subscribing 2019 though not able to attend any planned meetups due to crowded calendar.

ANDREW LAWRENCE Performed Patrick Kavanagh’s ‘Raglan Road’ with Phil Shepperd at the inaugural meeting on 24th March. Read opening poem on 28th July and lines from Ted Hughes’ translation of the Odyssey, in collaboration with Ama Bolton, who read the same passage in classical Greek. Contributing 2 songs to the meetup on 6th October : Down by the Sally Gardens & Raglan Road and leading the audience in the chorus of the Amphioxus Song. Will be reading in Letters set on 24th November . Has submitted own piece for concert 24 Nov. Performed in Voices 31 Oct. Will be reading in Realms of Gold.

MIRANDA PENDERWorkshops October, November, January .Contributed virtual self mp4 of William’s Farewell to afternoon programme 28th July ( though Sue Boyle failed to make this work. ) Novels in Progress set 6th October plus two songs of her own and leading the Amphioxus Song. Will be singing in Letters set on 24th November.

ANN PRESTON Workshops March, July, October. Read at the 14th July Bradford Homeric Afternoon and on 28th July, including own pamphlet launch, A North East Light. Contributed to Post about 28th July. Composed appreciation of Jude Wisdom’s artwork for meetup afternoon in November. Sent in prose preferences October. Sent in suggestions for the concert of readings on 24th November. Will be reading in concert set and presenting her Jude Wisdom appreciation on 24 November.

GRAEME RYAN Workshops March, May, November. Directed ‘Building the Kelston Barn’ 24th March. Sent in own poem suggestions for concert on 24th November. Will be reading in the Letters set. Will be reading in Realms of Gold and has offered to manage the slide shows 24 November .

SUSAN JANE SIMS Workshops May, October, November. Launch presentation Mark Sims’ memoir with slides 24th March. Talked with slides about Hawthornden Castle writing fellowships 19th May. Wrote for the Home set on 6th October and contributed to Writingthe Wilderness. Reading 6th October in Home set and Writing the Wilderness. Will be reading in the Letters set on 24th November. Sent in prose preferences October. Performed in Voices 31 Oct. Contributed to November Workshop Critiques. ( incomplete 9 december, but expected )

JUNE WENTLAND Workshops July, October, January . Novels in Progress set on 6th October. Sent in prose preferences October.

CONOR WHELAN Read at the Bradford Homeric Afternoon on 14th July, and on 28th July, when he presented Flecker’s The Old Ships with Roger Whelan and lines from Edward Sackville-West’s The Rescue. Contributed to Post about 28th July. Wrote for the Home set and contributed Writing the Wilderness pieces for 6th October. Has offered to provide a BW&A morning workshop next year. Reading 6 th October in Home set and Writing the Wilderness. Will be reading in Letters set on 24th November. Sent in own poem suggestion for concert on 24th November. Also shared second Homeric afternoon in November 2018.

FLORY WISDOM

JUDE WISDOM Has agreed to be interviewed/ Q&A with slides on her drawings and illustrations at the meetup in November, following an appreciation of her work written by ANN PRESTON.

CHRISSY BANKS Workshops March, November (still missing one ) Hosted Chair of the Council, Councillor Cherry Beath 24th March. Sent in own poems and prose suggestions for concert on 24th November. Will be reading in Realms of Gold concert and in TheLetters on 24 November. Contributed to November Workshop Critiques. Not subscribing 2019.

CLAIRE DYER Workshops March, May, and one other, not selected yet. Pass on a Poet – Elizabeth Bishop) – and own Launch Reading 19th May. Sent in own poems for inclusion in concert readings 24 November. Will be reading in concert on 24 November. Not subscribing 2019.

MICHAEL LOVEDAY Workshops July, October, November. Planned October 6th meetup with Sue . Contributed to Post about 28th July. Wrote for Home set 6th October, book launch own book and contributed to the Writing theWilderness set. Not subscribing 2019.

LINDA SAUNDERS Workshops March, July, November .Reading 28th July including own poem from The Listening Walk. Contributed to Post 28th July. Sent in contributions for the concert and will be reading in Realms of Gold on 24 November. Contributed to November Workshop Critiques. Not subscribing 2019.

ROGER WHELAN . Introduced and read three poems by Kei Miller in the Pass on a Poet session on 19th May. Read at the Bradford Homeric Afternoon on 14th July and on 28th July, when he read The Old Ships with Conor Whelan. Also presented Ewan Robertson’s appreciation of Malcolm Ashman’s work. Not subscribing 2019.

SHIRLEY WRIGHT Workshops May, November, January . Pass on a Poet (Michael Symmons Roberts) and own Launch Reading 19th May. Read at Bradford Homeric Afternoon 14th July and Carol Ann Duffy’s Circe on 28th July. Contributed to Post 28th July. Wrote for Home set on 6th October and contributed material for Writing the Wilderness. Reading 6th October in Home set and Writing the Wilderness. Will be reading in the Letters set on 24th November. Sent in suggestions for concert on 24th November. Performed in Voices 31 Oct. Can’t do tech. Contributed to November Workshop Critiques. Not subscribing 2019.